Simplified: Why court said no to Perlis Islamic council’s bid to give lessons on religion to Hindu mum Loh Siew Hong’s kids | Malay Mail
Clarence Thomas' criticism of my research in a Native rights case reveals originalism's big flaw.
If judges are going to use history as their guide, they should probably try to get the history right.
Malaysia hails ‘victory’ in row with Sulu sultan’s Filipino heirs | Politics News | Al Jazeera
Malaysia says new ruling by French court could overturn a $14.9bn award handed to Filipino heirs of the Sulu sultanate.
(Un-)Russian Revolutions? - by Almut Rochowanski
Russians haven't risen up and overthrown their government like some of their neighbors. No, not because something is wrong with them.
The Quest to Defuse Guyana’s Carbon Bomb | WIRED
A former BP lawyer is going up against Exxon—and her own country—in a bid to stop offshore oil drilling before disaster strikes.
Negotiating Ideations: The Role of State-Led Identity-Making in the Progress of Women's Rights in Malaysia by Anis Farid, Isabel Chung, Sharifah Shazana Agha, Ren-Chung Yu :: SSRN
This article traces the progress of women’s rights in Malaysia by reference to law reforms between 2017 and 2022, from the position of a civil society organisation (CSO) advocating for those reforms and using a gender-focused lens.
However, upon closer inspection, we argue that the law reforms achieved were ones the state views as congruous with its wider identity-making project for citizens. Consequently, issues at odds with entrenched values imposed on citizens by dominant state narratives become difficult to reconcile, resulting in roadblocks and stalled progress.